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My Wife has taen the gee.
We fat Tae late, and drank fae ftout.
The truth I tell to you.
That lang or ever midnight came.
We vvere a' roaring, fou.
My wife fits at the fire-fide;
.And the tear blinds ay her eC,
The neer a bed will fhe gae to;
But fit and tak the gee.
In the morning foon,whtn I came down,
The nt-er a word fhe fpake;
But monv a fad and four look,
And a\ her head fhed fhake.
My dear, quoth l.what ailtth thee.
To look fae four on nie?
•I'll never 60 the like again.
If ^tJii'll ne'er tak the gee.
When that fhe heard, (he ran,nic fbi -
Her arms about my neck
And twenty kifsea in a crack,
Atid, poor wte thing, fhe grat.
If you'll ne'er do the like again,
But bide at hauie wi' iiit,
I'll lay my life Ife be the wife
That's never tak the gee.
We fat Tae late, and drank fae ftout.
The truth I tell to you.
That lang or ever midnight came.
We vvere a' roaring, fou.
My wife fits at the fire-fide;
.And the tear blinds ay her eC,
The neer a bed will fhe gae to;
But fit and tak the gee.
In the morning foon,whtn I came down,
The nt-er a word fhe fpake;
But monv a fad and four look,
And a\ her head fhed fhake.
My dear, quoth l.what ailtth thee.
To look fae four on nie?
•I'll never 60 the like again.
If ^tJii'll ne'er tak the gee.
When that fhe heard, (he ran,nic fbi -
Her arms about my neck
And twenty kifsea in a crack,
Atid, poor wte thing, fhe grat.
If you'll ne'er do the like again,
But bide at hauie wi' iiit,
I'll lay my life Ife be the wife
That's never tak the gee.
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed music > Scots musical museum > Volume 5 > (25) Page 422 - My wife has taen the gee |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/87802910 |
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| Description | "Humbly dedicated to the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland". |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.201d |
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| Description | By James Johnson. 6 volumes. Edinburgh : Printed & sold by Johnson & Co., 1787-1803. Burns contributed largely to the work, and Stephen Clarke prepared the arrangements of most of the airs. ["The volumes of the Musical museum, as originally published, were 'Humbly dedicated to the Catch Club, instituted at Edinburgh June 1771.' On the completion of the sixth and last volume, in 1803, Johnson substituted a new set of title-pages, dedicating the work 'To the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.'"--Laing's pref., to 1839 ed., v. 1, p. ii, foot-note]. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.201-201e |
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| Description | Scottish songs and music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including music for the Highland bagpipe. These are selected items from the collection of John Glen (1833 to 1904). Also includes a few manuscripts, some treatises, and other books on the subject. |
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| Description | The Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent mainly 18th and 19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The collections of Berlioz and Verdi collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson contain contemporary and later editions of the works of the two composers Berlioz and Verdi. |
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